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but it is going to cost some money. and this just in, it is official. jay leno officially out of the "tonight show" after 22 years. his run there at nbc, well, now starting spring 2014 his replacement, jimmy fallon taking the reigns. we'll have more on this in just a couple of minutes. this is "cnn newsroom" and i'm suzanne malveaux. the basketball player who broke his leg in the middle of a game about to give a news conference. kevin ware broke his leg so severely that the bone pushed through his skin. happened during his team's nationally televised game at duke happened on sunday. his teammates, they were so upset. we saw them crying. his coach wiping away tears. the whole nation in shock. in about 30 minutes the 20-year-old is set to hold a news conference in louisville where his team takes on wichita state in the men's final four in atlanta on saturday. our joe carter, he's in louisville. joe, wow, kevin ware attracting

a lot of attention here and also making an amazing recovery. how's he doing? >> you know, he's in really good spirits, suzanne, especially considering all that's happened to this young man in the last three days. we've seen him up on campus today on crunches, smiles. seems to be happy to be back with the guys and knowing he was actually going to go to the final four. we were wondering if doctors would clear him to get on the plane today at 7:00 p.m. eastern with the team. they have cleared him. he's going to be able to spend the final four weekend with his team, with his coaches taking part in all the festivities, the team meals as well as the practices and then obviously the game on saturday. we saw him arrive at practice yesterday the first time since he had been in louisville obviously after the two-hour surgery. he had a rod put in his leg. after that horrific injury on sunday. we saw him arrive at practice yesterday. he seemed very eager to get inside to show his coaches and show his teammates that he was okay, his mom was by his side

carrying the championship trophy. she told everybody just before she walked inside i just want everybody to know we really appreciate the outpouring of support and the messages. suzanne, this story has transcended sports. whether you saw it during the the game live on sunday or you've seen the pictures or video since, when you see him break his leg, really your heart goes out to the guy. then you hear the story of how just before he went away on the stretcher he told his teammates don't weorry about me and win te game. inspired people from sunday to now with such grace and perseverety and maturity, people are now rooting for louisville and rooting for kevin ware and the outpouring of support he received. he got calls from charles barkley and magic johnson and twitter messages from lebron james and lil' wayne. the support is incredible and it's because of this young man's

story and how he's handled the situation. he's very eeg tore start this recovery process. doctors saying it's going to take about 12 months to get back on the basketball court. if you've seen the video or pictures, incredible to think he'll even have the opportunity to play basketball again. >> he does, yeah. >> he'll get up in front of media about 1:30 eastern. we're expecting him to talk about how gracious everyone has been to him. we expect him to express his gratitude towards those people. and obviously reflect on the past few days and talk about the recovery process. >> you got to love this guy whether or not you follow basketball or not, really an amazing spirit he has. a lot of hope inspiring a lot of young folks along the way shows you how it's done to really get over a add adversity. we'll go to louisville as soon as the news conference starts. 3:30 eastern as well our own rachel niblgs is going to talk one-on-one with kecvin ware. another story that's shocked parents and players alike. we're talking about rutgers basketball coach, mike rice, he has been fired now after he was caught on tape shoving, pushing,

berating his players. the abuse allegedly spanned more than two years. >> reporter: hurtling basketballs at players legs, even their heads. grabbing, pushing, kicking and punching them. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and screaming homophobic slurs. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: this video obtained by espn's outside the lines shows rutgers head basketball coach mike rice going off the handle and abusing his players during practices from 2010 through 2012 according to the sports network. it ultimately cost mike rice his job. he spoke with cnn affiliate wabc and said there is no excuse for his behavior saying there's no explanation for what's on those films because there's no excuse for it. i was wrong. and i want to tell everybody who's believed in me that i'm deeply sorry for the pain and the hardship that i've caused.

the footage surfaced after eric murdock, rice's director of player development until he was fired showed it to rutgers athletic department officials. in an interview with espn murdock says the abuse caused several players to leave. >> to see your coach physically putting his hands on players, physically kicking players, you know, firing balls at players from point-blank range. the verbal abuse, the belittling, yeah, i was like in total shock that this guy wasn't fired. >> reporter: former nba player says rice's behavior crosses the line. >> it's physical and verbal abuse. it's psychological and emotional abuse. he should not be allowed near anybody. i mean forget sports. there is no context where his management style is appropriate. >> reporter: seeing basketball

coaches lose their cool is nothing new. remember legendary coach bobby knight? he was known for his hot temper and throwing chairs, but it was this video showing him with his hands around a player's neck that led to his dismissal at indiana. >> i mean, maybe i grabbed him by the shoulder, maybe i took him by the back of the neck, i don't know. i mean, i don't remember everything that i've ever done in practice. >> i want to bring in pamela brown. so first of all, i mean, it seems outrageous for those of us not in sports, but talk to some people and some coaches actually do behave this way. could this school face any kind of legal repercussions because of all this? >> well, suzanne, at this point it appears the university would actually be in more legal trouble than mike rice. according to an analyst the university knew about this for a long time, in fact since last summer. and essentially officials made the decision to put rice on probation and send him to anger management. now it appears that officials are back peddling on that deal

that they struck with rice. so this could be breach of contract with him. you have to remember that rice is an employee of the state of new jersey as part of the rutgers university and state employees unlike private employees have due process rights with respect to termination. however, rice's mea culpa earlier today may have made it more difficult for him to successively sue since he admitted wrongdoing essentially. >> all right. pamela, thank you. appreciate it. it is official now, jimmy fallon replacing jay leno as host of the "tonight show." the show moving back from new york to l.a. we're live from where it's happening. give us the skinny. >> well, you know, there's a lot happening right now, suzanne. and it's kind of what we have been hearing now the official announcement has been made after 22 years jay leno is stepping down as the host of the "tonight show." jimmy fallon will take the reigns in the spring of 2014. we've also got another little piece of information besides the fact that the show's going to move back to new york.

lauren michaels is going to be the executive producer of the new tonight "show." he executive produces "saturday night life" and "30 rock." he'll be taking the reigns for this as well. we have heard from all parties involved. forgive me, i'm going to read a little from jay's statement. he said congratulations jimmy, i hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're an old guy. if you need me, i'll be in the garage. that's in reference to his love of cars and restoring vintage automobiles. jimmy fallon also said i'm real e really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow. that's pretty darn funny. and steve burk, the chief exec tifr officer of nbc universal said jay leno is an entertainment icon making millions of people laugh for more than 20 years. also said his long reign as the highest rated late-night host is a testament to his work ethic and dedication to his viewers. it's funny because he talks about his work ethic. and one of the things i spoke

with someone very close to jay leno yesterday and he said jay leno's a workaholic. they mentioned to me that jay continues to still do standup all these years after hosting the "tonight show" he's still in the comedy club perfecting his act. he works hasrd. they also told me when i spoke to the source yesterday they told me jay was expecting an announcement. they thought maybe it would come a little later, maybe at nbc up front. but they also said he had been prepared for change. that he wasn't happy about how this was presented. basically that he was bothered by the presentation, but he did feel like he knew it was coming. and he had been upbeat about the whole thing. i've been told that the "tonight show" staff that's in place right now they've all stayed and remained upbeat because all of them always felt like it would come at some point in time. they knew they couldn't do the show forever. >> sure. >> but i'm sure they all are pretty sad today because it's going to be a change in the

guard for sure. >> yeah. passing the baton. that happens. but as you said he's a workaholic. we'll see him again i'm sure in some other venue. we'll see them both. that will be fun. >> now that you mentioned it. >> go ahead. >> one of the things jay leno was being talked about the first time around when conan o'brien was going to slip into that place was that maybe fox was courting him for a late-night show because fox doesn't have one. and that was maybe the worst-kept secret in hollywood at that point. they wanted to get him and start a late-night show. who knows. when we saw jimmy fallon and jay leno do their bit a couple days ago when they did west side story to each other one of the lines jay leno said was i've got fox on the line. who knows. >> okay. we might see him somewhere else. thank you. appreciate it. >> sure. videos from a new orleans jail raising a lot of questions today. these are guys walking around with guns, shell casings thrown on the floor, people drinking

beer. again, this is all inside the jail. i want to bring in sarah gan non following the story for us. how did it surface that we found out that all this is taking place inside the new orleans jail? >> suzanne, it actually first was aired yesterday where the mayor and sheriff's office are fighting over how to fix this clearly broken prison conditions and prison system in orleans parish, louisiana. but on some of this audio tape you can actually hear the inmates say the reason they were shooting this video was to expose these conditions. so this morning cnn asked the mayor how they actually got these tapes. and i want to read to you what he said. he said "this tape was hidden away from the public in a safe in the sheriff's office and only came to light when the city's legal team fought to uncover

it." now, like i said, they're in court all this week in federal court over this issue because fixing prison conditions as you know costs money. and they're fighting over who should fork over that money to pay to fix these conditions. >> sara, who's responsible for this detention center where all the craziness is happening? >> right. it's interesting. the sheriff oversees these facilities, but the city and the mayor actually pay for them. so the city is saying, look, we want the federal government to come in and take over, take the power away from the sheriff. clearly he isn't doing his job. the sheriff is saying that he needs more money, that the facilities are understaffed. he acknowledges that the system is broken, that the conditions are not good. but that he simply doesn't have the money to fix it. >> all right. sara, thank you. would certainly hope that that does get fixed. looks like a hot mess over

there. tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern erin burnett looking at what's going on. here's what we're working on if this hour, the doctor in jail for the death of michael jackson called cnn from prison. it is not the kind of interview that you would actually even expect. listen. >> he's a little boy that santa claus forgot. and goodness knows he did not want a lot. >> plus, he left office after his affair became public. now, mark sanford, he is back. and right by his side his mistress turned fiancee. ♪ and she's got better rhythm than many of us. i'm not kidding here. this is a sea lion who really gets on her groove bopping her head in time with the music. why do you think it's important for science up ahead.

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taking another step on his road to political redemption now. mark sanford won the republican primary runoff election for u.s. house seat yesterday. results showing him beating his opponent 57% to 43%. and now he faces comedian steven c colbert's sister in a minielection. many people thought sanford's political career was over when he admitted to an affair while he was governor. want to bring in our own candy crowley. candy, wow, what a political comeback story, yes? was this expected? >> well, yes. as a matter of fact he did show going into this primary runoff. but the fact that someone who has been the governor, also run for congress before had to have a runoff tells you that his support is somewhat weakened. let's see if it's a true redemption story. he needs to win this race against colbert's sister as you say. but he's certainly on the road

to it. and in fact it's a little bit how he sold his campaign. he went about american voters love redemption stories. i give you richard nixon, bill clinton for very different reasons here. but nonetheless it's the kind of story that voters tend to like if they feel the redemption is real. >> how important do you think it was for voters to see his mistress standing beside him who's now his fiancee? >> former mistress now fiancee, you know, i don't know how this will play out. this is a very republican district first of all. so you have to give mark sanford the edge in this. he is running against a woman, which also makes this interesting and by the way a well-financed woman because her brother is steven colbert is going to raise money for her. this will be an interesting race to watch. i think it is important that if he is still seeing her that people see this relationship on, you know, a stable basis.

but, you know, when people talk to voters, some were totally turned off saying i couldn't trust him at all as a congressman. others saying, you know, people make mistakes, let's move on. what he needs is more of those. again, he's sitting pretty well simply because he is in a very republican district. i can't totally remember but i think the last person that won it who now is sitting in the senate won this by 20-something percent in a republican district. he has a good shot at this. and there are going to be those that are never going to forgive him and those say, hey, people make mistakes. >> either way a race everybody will be watching. candy, thank you so much for covering it. appreciate it. >> thanks. you can hear from mark sanford himself 4:00 eastern talking with "the lead" today 4:00 with my friend jake tapper. well, he was michael jackson's doctor, now conrad murray trying to clear his name. not only speaking from prison,

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michael jackson was responsible for his own death. that is the argument that they're expected to make this week in a trial over jackson's death. now, jury selection's already started in los angeles. a trial could last several months, actually. now, this is a case that is filed by michael jackson's mother and children against aeg live. that is the company promoting this worldwide michael jackson tour that was scheduled to start the summer that the singer died. well, one man has already been tried and convicted in michael jackson's death. and of course that is his doctor at the time, conrad murray. so murray, he's now speaking out to cnn from prison. his first interview since the trial that found him guilty. last night live on the air with anderson cooper he insisted he was innocent. then he started singing. ♪ he envied all the lucky boys ♪ but goodness knows he didn't

want a lot ♪ ♪ i'm sorry for the laddy who hasn't got a daddy ♪ ♪ he's a little boy that santa claus forgot". >> all right. don lemon is here with us. you also had an opportunity, right, to talk to conrad murray from jail. he called you as well. can you explain really what we just saw there? i know anderson was quite perplexed by the whole thing. we're all looking at it like what the heck was that. >> i spoke to him on friday and let me explain. >> please. >> that was a song that he and michael would sing together because they felt like they each didn't have a childhood. and as a matter of fact i just got off the phone with his attorney, valerie wats, who was on last night on 360 with him and said do you think people understood what the song was about? i said absolutely not. i said do you think him singing overshadowed the interview? i said, yes, he's singing on national television. >> what's his point?

>> his point is is that he felt a kinship with michael jackson because they spent so much time together. he said michael opened up to him in ways that he didn't open up to anyone, not even his family, not even his children. they had a genuine love for each other. i was there during when he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011. >> sure. >> i said you didn't show much emotion. you didn't seem very human at all. i said do you think you've been made out to be the bad guy? here's what he said. do you think that you've been made out to be a villain? >> i don't want to pass judgment on others. i can see that i am a scapegoat. there's no doubt about it. all of the mishaps that he has encountered in life seems to trickle down on me. and i think that is the case of the scapegoat. nobody has taken any responsibilities for anything that they may have done to this man.

but, because i was in the wrong place at the wrong time, here i am. >> yeah. so you get his drift? >> what does he make of what's happening now? you've got jackson's mother and jackson's kids saying that it was the promotors fault for his death. what does he make of all this? >> that why he says he's sort of the scapegoat in all of this. he happened to be there at the end. because there were family members and friends and people he calls hangers on who were responsible for michael jackson's death. and he said out of everyone he feels sorriest for the kids because he loved the kids. listen to what he said about the children. >> i hope that the children are doing well. i hope that they are looked after very well. i hope that regardless of whatever proceeds the estate is gathering, i do hope that the children will always be protected and that the proceeds for the children will always be there. >> basically insinuating that the children in some way may be pawns in this particular situation saying this is the last thing that michael jackson

would want. he was so adamant about his children's privacy and then to have them drawn into this media circus now and this courtroom circus now is absolutely of what he would want. >> have they reached out to him in jail? the family? or do they say we'll have nothing to do with this guy anymore? >> i think there may possibly be a meeting between michael jackson's mother and conrad murray. i think both sides have agreed to it, but it hasn't happened yet. here's the thing, michael jackson's family wanted conrad murray to pay, right? conrad murray could end up helping the family by saying i was hired by aeg or end up helping aeg saying i was hired by michael jackson. but he probably won't say that in trial. >> don, keep us posted on air. your jailhouse conversations. >> thank you, suzanne. >> be sure to tune in friday night for a cnn special report anderson cooper on michael jackson the final days friday night 10:00 eastern here on cnn.

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any minute now louisville guard kevin ware is going to speak publicly for the first time since he broke his leg so severely, we all saw this, that the bone was sticking out. happened sunday. brought his teammates and coach to tears. bring our carlos diaz. we've learned now he's headed to atlanta now, his hometown. >> correct. >> and a lot of people very excited following his every move. and also what is he going to say now? he's an inspiration. >> right. that's the thing. he's talking about how so many people have come to him and now he wants to be an inspiration as well because so many people have

come to him. this is just three days ago seemed like a long time ago. >> it does. >> but on sunday he broke his leg and now you can see he's on crutches and back with his louisville teammates. it's about a 90-minute drive from indianapolis to louisville on i-65. and he went down yesterday and was cleared today. he had to kind of jump one more hurdle. the doctors needed to make sure he did not have any kind of infection in the compound fracture. he cleared that hurdle. he is now heading down to atlanta with his team. and he's going to be on the bench when they take on wichita state on saturday afternoon here in atlanta for the final four. and basically, you know, he says it's not going to be any different than any other final -- any other road game he's been on except the fact he won't be playing. keep in mind he's not a starter. so he's not used to starting the game. he's used to coming in a few minutes into the game. and he said he takes -- he's got nothing but support for the person taking his spot, nothing but support for the team. and keep in mind louisville is

the number one ranked team in this tournament. >> sure. actually, i chose them. >> and that's why another reason why they're going to do so well. but in all honesty he's looked at now as basically the story of march madness, the story of the ncaa tournament. and really, you know, his story is a testament to the true spirit of the ncaa where he goes down -- if you haven't seen the video, it is horrific. it is terrible the imagery of this. and he goes down with this incredible leg injury. and he's back with his team the very next week. his return six months to a year afterwards. >> do you think he realizes how big he's become? he's holding this news conference. obviously people want to hear from him. >> i think it's hitting him right now. i think when you're in that hospital bed, all of our eyes are looking in on him. but it's hard for him to look out on us especially because, you know, he's sedated a lot because of the immense surgery that took place to basically stick a rod in his leg and

basically put the bone back into the skin kind of thing. so i think that now he's getting to know the presence that he has. and i think it's really going to be driven home when he comes down to atlanta. and basically he is the star. i mean, think about this. i'm asking you this question, can you name any other player from any -- >> oh, please don't -- >> i don't think a lot of sports fans could. i think a lot of sports fans would say i know coach of louisville. >> this is the one guy i know. >> exactly. so kevin ware is the name of the final four right now. and i think when he comes down here and the show of support he gets is going to be immense for kevin ware and for louisville. i think louisville is kind of a fan favorite as well. >> we're going to follow his every step, every move because he's going to be here. carlos of course we're going to bring that press conference as soon as it starts. this will happen momentarily here. programming note, our rachel nickels is going to sit down with kevin ware and his mom. 3:30 eastern right here on cnn. well, his company not doing

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we're bringing in our "new york times" reporter all about all the buzz now late-night tv officially now jay leno out after 22 years on the "tonight show." jimmy fallon in. so, brian, give us the back sto story. brian, can you hear us? >> i can sure hear you. >> all right. give us the back story here. big news in the entertainment world. >> it's remarkable because jay leno is number one in his time slot and has been for so many years. but nbc knows that jimmy fallon is not going to wait around

forever and know they need to think about younger viewers so bringing in him starting next february. >> what is he saying about this? we saw kind of that singing parody just the last couple of days there where they were rivaling each other and s serenading each other. >> nbc's transition as of late has not been very pretty and nbc wanted this one to look positive. they put on a happy face, both of them. and they're saying nothing except how happy they are to be doing this smoothly today. >> and this show moves, right? moving from l.a. back to new york, is that right? >> that's right. and that's a big deal in and of itself. to have the "tonight show" back in new york city where it all began is going to be a big moment. lorn michaels will also be producing the show because he's also jimmy fallon's executive producer. and what we'll see i think is a real boom to new york comedy. >> so when does all this happen, brian? when will we see the change on tv? >> right after the winter

olympics. nbc is going to try to use the olympics, which they broadcast, to promote this transition to give jay leno a big sendoff, a big farewell, and then bring jimmy fallon in. >> what's next for leno, do you think? >> it's amazing to imagine this man retiring. you would imagine leno if he could would stay on television for the rest of his life. so there's going to be a lot of speculation about him going to another network. but today he says, you know, he's not going to have many phone calls. he'll listen to the calls though if they come in. >> and tell us about fallon. what makes him -- i love the guy. he's really a lot of fun there. what does he bring? >> well, i think of him as the first nbc comic of the internet age. popular online, popular with youtube style skits. able to make fun of himself and able to be self-dep ra kating. after all there's a big difference in tv between 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m.

more people are awake, more viewers up for grabs. the stakes are much higher. >> all right. brian, we're going to be watching closely. thank you very much. appreciate the back story there. and of course we are waiting to see -- you see on our screen there, kevin ware, the news conference that he's going to be holding. he'll be up there at the podium. we want to of course hear how he is doing after his dramatic leg injury. the louisville basketball star up next. we're going to bring it to you as soon as he starts to speak.

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we are waiting just moments away here from kevin ware. of course the ncaa basketball star out of louisville who's going to be coming to the microphone to talk about his recovery, that is of course after his dramatic injury that happened over the weekend breaking his leg. as soon as he starts speaking, we're going to bring that to you. in the meantime we're following another story. humans, the question being are they the only animals able to dance? check it out. all right. so we know some people are rhythmically challenged. elaine from "seinfeld," we know that. but other mammals, that's the question, do you think they can dance or keep time? peter cook is joining us getting his doctorate at uc santa cruz. and he is behind a study

discovering a certain sea lion capable of keeping to the beat actually dancing. describe why you did this first of all and what you found. >> sure. so this study really came about as a follow-up to some previous work that people had done with birds. some of your viewers may have seen snowball the dancing on youtube. psychologists studied snowball in the labs to make sure snowball could really dance and wasn't just a trick. snowball really can dance. this led to an ability to keep the beat not just unique to people but unique to people and parrots like birds. >> tell us what you found with the sea lion here. >> sorry. yeah, yeah. anyway, we thought we could look in a broader range of animals. so we thought sea lion a good candidate. we trained her to move in time to rhythmic style. we didn't start with music. it was a tape to begin and once we trained her we then transferred her without further

training to a whole different range of things including popular music. she was very, very good. passed all her tests with flying colors. >> what does this say? you're somebody who studies science and animals, what does this mean? >> well, i think in the most basic sense it means very broadly that something people did for a long time think was unique to humans the ability to move in time to music really isn't unique to humans. it may be dependent on some really basic brain mechanisms that could be shared across the animal kingdom. and that's something a lot of psychologist who is study animals and humans are interested in. >> peter, how do we know if the sea lion really is dancing bopping to the beat or mimicking what humans around her are doing? >> sure. that was something we were very concerned with. our study was done pretty thoroughly and with a lot of careful control. she cannot see anybody. she is by herself in a pen in front of a blank board. and all she has to go on is the rhythm. we tried a lot of different

tempos, so faster and slower, and she's always able to adjust and find the time even in tempo she hasn't previously heard. it's convincing she can do this and not explained by some sort of a, you know, something like seeing humans move around here e her. >> or a trick or something. peter cook, thank you so much for joining us ft earth, wind and fire one of her favorite groups there. >> that's right. well, it's finally happened. an airline now charging passengers by their weight. the bigger you are, the more you pay. .

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here, maybe you do today. i love that group the same way. so it's been the type of guys we're getting in, the quality of their character. i mean, i told kevin earlier in the year, as a joke, i'm a little upset at you, but i love your mom, so i'm go ing ing to it easy on you. and, you know, his -- we're all very close, his mom is very close, we have a special bond because she's from new york. and kevin keeps saying he's from new york, but he's really not. >> why did you think it was so important to be there in the hospital for him? >> you know, i don't -- there is not a coach in america that wouldn't have been there. that's really not a big deal. i was just making -- going to get him chicken at 10:30 in the morning was funny, finding a place was open was a big deal. did you want breakfast? he said, no, i would really like some -- i don't want to tell you where he sent me, sent me to hooters.

>> take a few questions. >> more than just a sports story and seeing interest from mainstream news outlets and things like that. >> you know, i'm a very quiet guy, so a lot of this is really new to me, you know? i really just appreciate everybody and the support i have right now, you know? but we still got a job to do. we got two more games to win and that's most important right now. recover and i'll be fine, but still got to win this championship. >> when you went into the darkness, did they say anything about maybe any kind of pre-existing, you know, injury with your leg that maybe made it easier to break? >> from what i remember, i know they asked me about if i had any shin problems, but i've never

had any shin problem before this incident. so, no. >> what do you remember from that moment, walk me through. >> it's kind of insane, because we play duke in the bahamas, and the exact same play happened, with the exact same player and it was just on the opposite side of the court, so i went to contest the shot, like i normally always do, i kind of joked a little bit, like i should have blocked the shot because i jumped so high, but i guess i just landed wrong and didn't see where i was landing, so that's kind of what caused the injury. but i kind of felt like stuff like this doesn't just happen for no reason, you know. there is a reason behind everything. so, i don't know what the reason is going to be, but it is just a process i'm ready for it, you know. at the time, coach carter gave my leg a look, like, like he's never seen something like this before. so i'm just thinking,